Submitted

Tue, Mar 4th 2014 01:45 pm

NBC's
primetime coverage of Saturday night's NHL
Stadium Series game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks
(8-11:15 p.m.) from Soldier Field in Chicago registered a 2.1 overnight rating,
making it the highest overnight ever on NBC for a non-Winter Classic NHL
regular-season game, according to metered market data from The Nielsen Company.

The
overnight for the game, in which the hometown Blackhawks handily defeated the
Penguins, 5-1, was up 91 percent compared to last year's NHL regular-season
average on NBC (1.1) and up 31 percent vs. NBC's afternoon NHL Stadium Series game on Jan. 26
between the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils (1.6; 1:30-4:30 p.m.).

Chicago
posted a 14.9 rating, making it the highest-rated regular-season Blackhawks
game ever on NBC in the Chicago market, even topping the 2009 NHL Winter
Classic (11.8), which saw the Detroit Red Wings defeat the Blackhawks, 6-4, at
Chicago's Wrigley Field. In Pittsburgh, the game registered a 13.3 rating. NBC
was No. 1 network in both markets from 8-11:15 p.m.